Nevada: The Tea Party Takes on Harry Reid, but from the Wrong Angle

Authors

Ted G. Jelen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

Charles S. Bullock

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

7-1-2011

Publication Title

Key States, High Stakes: Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

First page number:

39

Last page number:

50

Abstract

On election day, 2010, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was reelected by a margin of 50 percent to 45 percent over challenger Sharon Angle. This race was among the most contentious and most acrimonious in the nations, in an election cycle characterized by a high level of partisan rancor. Senator Reid was a major target of the national Republican Party and was vilified as part of a liberal troika of “Obama-Pelosi-Reid” by conservative commentators. Reid’s reelection to a fourth Senate term can be regarded as something of an upset, since he was widely considered quite vulnerable.

Keywords

Elections; Partisanship; United States. Congress. Senate

Disciplines

American Politics | Political Science

Language

English

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Repository Citation

Jelen, T. G. (2011). Nevada: The Tea Party Takes on Harry Reid, but from the Wrong Angle. In Charles S. Bullock, Key States, High Stakes: Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections 39-50. Rowman & Littlefield.